E-Infrastructure in Public Policies for Information Society

SUSANA FINQUELIEVICH

São Paulo, Brasil

Simposio; 4th BELIEF International Symposium; 2009

Universidade de Sao Paulo - Seventh Frame Program, European Commission

“E-Infrastructure in Public Policies for Information Society” 4th BELIEF International Symposium, São Paulo, Brasil, Julio 16 y 17 2009. Susana Finquelievich Resumen This guideline methodology for the development of National Information Society Policies (NISPs) and legislation is intended to allow governments, working with enterprises, community organizations, the science and technology sector (among other social actors) on creating, implementing and updating agendas to develop those policies and relevant legislation. This work offers guidance and assistance, as well as general information on the formulation of Information Society policies and legislation, and about existing examples, processes, mechanisms and information sources. This methodology is a flexible working document, adaptable to countries with diverse development levels, and lending itself to implementation by governmental bodies and civil servants, articulated with an “expert pool" in each country. This presentation provides orientations for developing a NISP proposal. It is basically a “how to” guide divided into different steps to prepare a policy proposal. These steps, or phases, follow a sequential structure, which is disaggregated into all its components. Certainly, UNESCO Member States have their own institutional, administrative and governance practices and approaches. Therefore, the procedures described in this Template are not mandatory for any of them. The step-by-step approach serves as an example and an illustration of a way of proceeding; it is not a prescription nor a set of rules for the way every administration should behave. This document revises some of the policies and legislation suggested and/or implemented by international organizations, governments, enterprises, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in different countries and regions, in order to propose a methodology that can be used to generate and update public policies for the Information and Knowledge Society.